Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Could intelligent heat management systems be a new weapon in the battle to reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions? By making some of this waste heat energy available through intelligent heat management there is significant potential to reduce both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

The leading car manufacturers continue to make some of their most popular vehicles more fuel efficient in a bid to attract a new batch of eco-conscious consumers. Now Audi has introduced its fuel consumption optimised version of the A4 mid-size saloon car, the A4 2.0l Its peak power is 4,200rpm and 320Nm torque. It reaches 62mph in 9.5

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

A report, prepared by Ricardo, has been published by the UK Department for Transport outlining the potential of various technologies in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It then summarises which technologies are the most promising in terms of CO2 benefits with all these additional issues factored in.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

Leading contract hire website, ContractHireAndLeasing.com has enhanced the availability of greener car leasing deals through the addition of a new advertiser. The vehicle leasing business also strives to utilise renewable energy sources wherever possible and recycle company waste.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

Among its accolades, it has held the ISO14001 green standard for environmental management since 1996 thanks to innovations in energy saving, recycling and waste management. The plant sends no waste to landfill and has reduced the amount incinerated by 82 per cent to 730 tonnes from 1999 to 2006.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. This is little more than a panicked way of propping up the industry as, given time; those cashing in the grants would most likely have bought the new car anyway.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Among the projects to benefit are an effort to develop new metal-air batteries using advanced ionic liquids with 6-20 times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries at just one third of the cost; and a project to produce a flow of gasoline directly from sunlight and CO2 using a symbiotic system of two organisms.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

In its newly developed form for automatic applications, the start-stop system cuts engine power when the car comes to a standstill at traffic lights or in queueing traffic – the engine then remains dormant as long as the brake pedal is depressed and then restarts in just two-tenths of a second only when it is released in readiness for take-off.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Asian carmakers are still outperforming their Euorpean and American counterparts in environmental sustainability, a new report finds.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 21, 2009

The new legislation is designed to cut wasted energy and high electricity bills, and was agreed by EU Member States last December with support of the UK. Environment Minister Dan Norris said:“We can no longer rely on light bulbs which waste 95 per cent of their energy as heat.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

The majority is sourced from hydropower and the rest from wind power and generation from waste, with sources based in the UK and on the continent. By sourcing renewable electricity, Dunton is replacing power from traditional sources that would have generated an estimated 35,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2009

litre TDI variants, and employs the very latest efficiency measures to make 61.4mpg and 120g/km CO2 output a reality. Although worthy of many more ‘conventional’ executive cars, this impressive performance data doesn’t preclude an exceptional combined economy figure of 61.4mpg and an impressively low CO2 output of 120g/km in the A4 2.0

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Over the last decade, UK automotive manufacturing facilities have cut CO2 emissions per vehicle by nearly half (40.9 Additionally waste to landfill has been a cut by an average of 70.5 per cent) while water use per vehicle is down by 45.3 per cent – a staggering 40 per cent better than the European average. billion – 10.6

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2009

The vehicles have replaced three diesel vehicles making sandwich deliveries across the campus and transporting green waste and tools for the facilities management team, and the university’s research shows savings in excess of nine tonnes of CO2 per year. For more information on Aixam Mega visit www.mega-vehicles.com.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Use of a higher efficiency paint-curing process, a new waterborne two-component primer material and “dry-booth” paint overspray technology will eliminate water used to capture paint particulates, which is one of the few remaining landfill waste streams in the manufacturing process. from a high of 755 kg/auto in FY11. kg/auto to just 0.8

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

Everybody can reduce their emissions and driving costs by taking on board the driving tips on the Act on CO2 website and taking a smarter driving lesson. The event, which is supported by Act on CO2 and the Energy Saving Trust, will take place over two days. There would also be a corresponding reduction in CO2 emissions,” he says.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Drivers are the key to making the most from new generations of the most economical car, says Oscar Bonet, head of engine development at SEAT. He believes it is one challenge that the motoring press can help car manufacturers meet otherwise the real benefit of the millions of euros the industry is investing to reach CO2 targets will be wasted.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Turn the cruise control off on long downhill slopes to allow the car to roll unrestricted on a light throttle setting. CO2 129g/km. Never be anything other than extremely light-footed on the throttle. Always judge distances and anticipate traffic maneuvers well in advance. Volvo S80 DRIVe SE Premium stats (read the full road test ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet Google.org supports PHEV & V2G with [link] project. HEV - The current generation of production Hybrids are 100% gas fueled vehicles with a few EV tricks like Regen Braking and no wasteful Idling. Our goal: Get car makers to build Bettah PHEVs than we can convert ourselves.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. The car is expected to cost around $40,000.

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